Ethel Percy Andrus Quotes

It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.

Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.

We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you.

There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which takes in at one end and lets out at the other; the strainer, which permits the wine to pass out and retains the lees; and the sieve, which separates the bran from the fine flour.